(ANSA) - Brussels, April 26 - Calabria remains among the worst regions in the EU for youth joblessness, Eurostat said Thursday. With a rate of 55.6% in 2017, the southern Italian region placed fifth last year compared to third in 2016 with 58.7%, the European statistics agency said.
Worse than Calabria were Spain's Moroccan enclave of Melilla (62.7%), the Greek island of Voreio Aiagiao (58.2%, the Greek region of Ipeiros (58%), and the French overseas territory of Mayotte.
Campania (54.7%, seventh) and Sicily (52.9%, tenth) also made the top ten for 15-24-year-old jobless, Eurostat said.
Calabria still among worst in EU for youth jobless
Campania 7th, Sicily 10th